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PAGE SIXTEEN ADMITS SLAYING PERTH, NB. NAR Arthur Demerchant, Held by Police, Makes Com- } plete Confession ROBBED VICTIM foles goods, including pork, but- ter, kerosene oil and the pail of milk, 4 the home of his sister-in- Wa. %rs. Charles Demerchant. 1 was as much of the confession as the ce would disclose. to Write. Sergt. Leech said that the pri soner was unable to write. but he ut his mark on the written con- fly after it had been read over to him in the presence of the other two Arthur Demerchant was arrest- ed last Sunday by the provinelal Pri Declares Murd g | Miles from Pere Man Threatened to Kill Him Saint John, N. B, Feb. 22---Ar-, thur rchant, who has been at Andover for the last week Im connection with -- darter of Ed- ward E. Armstrong, 64, of South Perth, N.B,, late in December, has made a full and complete confes- sion of the slaying according to an announcement made by Capt. E. C, P, Salt, commissioner of the New Brunswick Provincial Police, The announcement was made in a long distance telephane. canversa- tion with Capt, Salt Sunday after- noon, The confession was made to Ser- geant Willlam Leach of the provin- cial police in the presence of F. V. ishop, ounty, and Mrs! Charles Demer-' chant, a sister-in-law of the accus- ed, Demerchant 1s now on re- mand, He was charged formally with the murder last Monday morn- ing before Police Magistrate N, A. Hanson at Andover. , Sergeant Leech said that the pri- soner described how he had first' robbed Armstrong's house on the Thursday before New Year's day and had"gone to the barn and milk- Here, accord- e Victoria County jail | ed one of the cows, ing to confession, the accused was | accosted by Armstrong who took | him to task for the rohbery. Demerchant clalme, according to the reported confession, that Arm- strong met him as he was leaving the barn with the milk and that Armstrong threatened to kill him, high sheriff of Victoria have admitted then, the robbery of the Armstrong house, but stout- ly maintained his innocence in con- nection: with the murder. He held this attitude for a week, but final- ly broke down and admitted the d0yble .erime of robbery and mur- er. The victim of the slaying was found dead in a stable on his farm at South Perth on Dec. 31, after he had been missing for two or three days. When discovered he was ly- ing in a' pod! of blood with his head crushed in, and it was believed that death had been instantaneous, Some time later, the provincial po- lice detained Avard Demeérchant, sald to be a brother of the present prisoner . in Mantreal, but after questioning he was freed, and a statement was issued by Capt. Salt to the effect that it had been es- tablished that he had no comnec- tiog with the erime. HEAVY EARTHOUAKE "15 FELT IN ALASKA Swayed By Series of 'Shocks Seward, Alaska, Feb. 22 --Heavy Buildings in Seward Are THE OSHAWA DAILY | MINE FIRES NO PHENOMENON SAFEGUARDS VITAL NECESSITY Timmins, Ont., Feb. 21.--When it became known a week ago Fri- day that lives had been lost in a fire at the Hollinger Gold Mines. surprise was ex on all sides, official and otherwise, that such a calamity could oceur in a metal mine. Yet the history of mining throughout the world has shown sufficient fires of this nature to warrant a company taking every precaution against them. Hollinger officials cannot lay claim to having taken such pre- cautions as were outlined by a a amen Ae. Conga of e American Mining at Denver, Colorado, in November, 1006. The findings of this com- mittee, composed Walter Ren- ton Ingalls (chairman), J. Parke Channing, James Douglas, James R. Finlay and John Hays Ham- mond, were given in the hope that the passage of a uniform law by the mining states would tend to lower the number of fatal and seri- ous accidents. Twelve Years OM This report embodied 296 pages. Starting their investigation in 1906, the report and recommenda- tions were published in 1915--gix years after mining was commenced in Porcupine, through the discov- ery of gold at the Hollinger Con- solidated. It is incomeeivahble that officials of this company do not know of this important work en- titled, '"'Rnles and Regulations for Metal lines." It was published by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, bulletin 76. With the inquest into the death of thirty-nine miners commencing Tuesday, a perusal of this report by such prominent mining men as its authors, discloses recommenda- tions that should be common | knowledge among metal mine op- erators. General safety precautione-- . Rule No. 1, under the above head- Ing, reads: '""The operator or sup- earth shocks swayed buildings here | erintendent of a mine employing at 10:48 Sunday. The tremor, | more than G50 men underground which was felt for several seconds, { ghall provide and keep in a ready may have been caused by addition- | gecessible place, at least two fire- al snow slides in the mountains. tightig helmets or sets of breath. YL ---- part of the men are created, mak- ing It almost impossible to get sufficient numbers of the miners to effectively demand anything in the way of a change of conditions In the mine or their rate of wages. With this cosmopolitan working force spread through ome hundred miles of workings, it is hardly to be wondered at that 39 of them lost their lives. It may- have been thig fact Mr, Brigham had in mind when he comgratulated the staff for the excellent work that had beep 'done. Under the prevailing conditions at the Hollinger Mines when the fire broke out, it is re- Matkable that more lives were not st. MINISTER SPARES N.S. GOVERNMENT Hon, G. S. Harrington Says Little Credit Due for Surplus Halifax, N.§.,, Feb. 21.---In the course of a speech in the Legisla- tive Assembly Friday om the sub- ject of old age pensions, during which he argued that the Federal Ciovernment might well have gone farther and agreefl to pay the en- tire cost of the scheme, Hon. G. 8. Harcost, Minister of Publie Works and Mines, declared that "It ill-becomes the Federal Minis- fer of Finance to glory in the an- nouncement of a surplus in the budget while the provinces are struggling with insufficient essential public services such as education and public health." Tt was the standard of our eiviliza- rev- | enue to adequately carry on the | tion, said Mr, Harrington, and le believed it reflected very ment to be 'declaring dividends while these services were being al- lowed to starve." little | credit upon the Federal Govern- | | | | TIMES. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1928 ' Exceptional Opportunities will be offered at this store this week-end--Do not tail to avail yourself of the many savings offered. it was thought here. ing apparatus, to be used In vuse The Alaska railroad expected to of emergencr., If such helmets or resume regular service tonight, fol- | breathing apparatus be of the self- lowing interruptions by heavy snow contained type, they shall pot be hit Armstrong with it, but it slip- | falls during the past week. Be-|yged otherwise than in. practice hy ped from his hands; he then grab-|tween Curry and Broad Pass, a |anyone who does not thoroughly hed a heavy neck yoke and with stretch of 21 miles along the rall-|ypderstand their operation or who this beat the aged farmer to road, the snow drifts have averig-|ghall not have had at least ten | death, ed five to 15 feet in depth and |hours' training in their use under | He did not recall whether Be | shies yived sub sections of the gu competent Inetruector." | broke the stake first, or that it |railroad tracks. . | was smashed when he hit Arm- Leghorn, Italy, Feb. 22.----Slight Hone Wale Date okt strong on the head with it. earthquake shocks occurred here | \ Demerchant, aceording to the al-| Monday confirming the preWiction Jeged confession, then covered the |issued Saturday by Prof. Raifaele hody in the stable and carried the | Bendandi, famous seismic expert, Demerchant claims he then acted in his own defence. He picked up a wagon stake, the police say he admitted, and SAYS SON TALKED | WITH DEAD CHM Canon Doyle Quotes This Evidence of 100 Per Cent | Joo men working, three shifts per ----_, . ay, underground. Yet w 2 Tae Sg EA NTT TT it TT fire i 4) yg R ea to | Immortality The medium, falline ferred to a new racing ear got erickets mixed up with coc) wait from Friday morning at 10 | . To rhe : Malcol, were of 'the gang.' into apparent trance, youns Dm ns had bought, showed keen roaches but an {inspector foun o'clock until Sunday morning at! ° rowhorough, Ene. Feb, 20.--- "Denis was very close with ecomlie at once ca 1 f ! in it and chaffed them «out | that she was right. As the crick 16 a.m.. to met this equipment from | Si* Arthur Conan Doyle takes is- [young Duncombe, and some weeks greeted Denis by name and mentioned that one of the {ets have been dining upon the Pittsburgh and special consent' of |5U¢ With Thomas Edison's recent | ago he felt he might get inta red one aficr another en when in evening dress, | boy's clothes it is imperative tha 'gang.' He gave spanner in his |they be exterminated, but just hov the American Mining Bureau had Femark that he believes the | touch with him. The reason fcr to be obtained by President N, A, [chances are "fifty-fitty" for ilfe|his belief was that some strange name and the is a problem as yet unsolved. others, this without ------ -- Timmins and General Manager after death. Sir Arthur in an arti- | physical phenomena--the move- Brigham, whose duty it was te ses ele written for the Associated { ments of ohjects, etec.--had been ing or prompting that this equipment was available | PTess, cites an experience of one |ohserved in his room. "He then denied for such an emergency. of his pons as corroboration of! "Therefore he went to consult that he was aslee In veeording fires in mines dur-| Ms contention that the chances are! Mrs, Barkel. a well-known medium | the accident occ ing the period. the report wai bhe- 100 yer eent, for Immortality, iat the Psychic College in Hotiord ed the accident n {Ins compiled. it is noted that from', Some months ago," he said, | Pari. The rule of the college is a diagram with . malun rye {1909 to 1012 no less than eight the Hon, D. Duncombe, the that no name is given to the sme- hand, and hie commenicd n | fires occurred in metal mines. Tie | young brother of the Earl of Fe-|dium, so that until my sop entar- evidence at the inquest, {'argest Joss of life was ip the Yersham, was killed in a motor ed the room she know nothing of | "He remarked upon a | North Lyell Mine, Tasmania, in smash on the Great North Road. | her sitter. weaknesg which, in life, 21912. Ninety men were imprison-| fi was 8 member of a little cot-| Notes were taken by Denis as dancing difficult. and sald ed in this fire, and 42 lives were |e7ie Of youths all at the same tu-|he listened and they lie hefore me | quite free from that now Simcoe St. S. SY, 7 TY my in- tor's. My two hoys, Denis and as T write. CRICKETS SINGING IN FEBRUARY 'hener Ont., Feb. ets singing in February may fiction, but it isn't, and rification ore must only Health Department at the tv hall here. A woman phoped her house was overrun with ickets from a near-by garbage and demanded relief. Priv- the officials thought she had DOLLAR DAYS Pay At Steel's Canada is going to have a wild life census. "They must be troubled by the younger generation up there, too," remarks the Dallas Tex., News, 20 If the stork had brought a girl instead of a boy to the Mussolini home he'd have been a dead bird by now.--Quebee Chronicle-Tele- graph. CONSOLIDATED, LIMITER CHAIN STORES dump ately Shop At Steel's Save At Steel's 'A Money Back Guarantee With All Frilled Curtains, Special pr, 59¢ Galvanized Pails 10gt. ..... 39¢ 12 qt. Dollar Day Values. Triangle Floor Mops Best yei 25¢ Electric Stoves, Special 59¢ 14 in. Stillson Pipe Wrench . $1.00 Men's, Women's, Children's Hosiery To clear 25 c per pair Thermos Bottles, our new Boys' All Wool Sweaters, size 28. ow st. $1.19 Spanish Peanuts Fresh crop 20¢ Ib. 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This is one of the points in con- nection with the Hollinger fire that should receive special atten- tion by the commission appointed to inquire into the death of 39 miners. It is claimed the large fan reversed, drawing the fumes from the fire at the main shaf' to the No. 11 working, where the work- men made for safety. Had the fan noi been reversed (which it re- quired an hour and a half to sec- comp'ish) it is probable & number of lives sacrificed would have been saved. Special Fire Signals While the largest gold mine on the continent, the Hollinger Con- solidated, did not have a specially trained fire-fighting force, why not? There was no recognized signal of danger, although two of these were available with a little forethought. Men working en machines in all parts of the mise could be warned of fire by turning off and on again of air a certain number of times in a couple of minute fiptervals. In the drifts and main haulage ways where el- ectric lighting is installed, a rlash signal could have been establish- ed very easily and the miners edu- cated in its use. These practices, common fin many other, and smaller mines, were mot in use in the largest mine in Porcupine. Other In several places in "rules and regulations for metal mines," the recommendation is made that "fire door?" should be placed in the main drifts. If these had been availa®e in the Hollinger, it is highly probable the gas and fumes which caused the large mumber of | deaths could have been confined to 2 comparatively small space. | nt J | At least thirty-eight per cent. of the miners working in the Hol- linger do not speak English. Of the remaining sixty-two per cent.' a large number are foreigners who do speak English. This ratio is maintained in order to mini- | mize the risk of labor troubles. {= =| By this method difficulties in tue | way of any orzanized effort on the Dresses Capton Crepes; . 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